3 weeks. It's been 3 weeks since my last blog. I apologise to all of my loyal follower for taking this long to update you with the details of my not-so-interesting life. In the last 3 weeks I have moved house. I know it's not a huge thing but I feel better overall about everything. I have moved close to town; it takes me exactly 5 minutes from my front lawn to the front door of my workplace in the main street of town. And that's waiting for lights.
I am a gamer. I admit it. I have an Xbox, a PC (obviously), a gameboy, a Wii and a DSi. I'm a geek. I bet you wouldn't have guessed that :) I am proud of my gaming but there is something that annoys me about gamers nowadays. They have no sense of heritage when it comes to the games they play. I know the vast majority of these people weren't born when the good stuff started coming out, hell I was barely here. Even so, gamers of the world... Look back at the games that have come and gone with fondness. Don't look at them and say "Shit graphics" or "Man this game has no plot" At the time these games were produced, they were the pinnacle of gaming. If it weren't for those games, your current beloved games wouldn't exist.
My first console was a Sega Megadrive. That's right... I'm not ashamed. I used to spend hours playing Sonic and Mortal Kombat. you know why? Because they were awesome. As I grew up I discovered PC gaming and everything that went with it. My friends had N64s and PS1, I had my PC. And you know what? I could play all of their games and more because I had emulators. Mario Kart was my favourite. But nothing beats having something in you hand to play with... a controller I mean.
Then, I discovered my one true love... Xbox. The graphics, the plot-lines, the humour. These games are more than I could ever have dreamed of when I was 10. There is something to be said for gaming, and that is this: When you pick up a controller, it's like picking up a book, but better. you get to know the characters in person, you get to progress through a tale of happiness, sadness, you'll laugh, you'll cry. Here is why it's better. You are controlling the actions. The story has been written and re-written to incorporate all of the things you may want to do, and that means it's all-interactive. So to all of those people who say "Turn off the TV and pick up a book" I ask you why? Why would you read when there is an interactive story at your fingertips? I mean I'm not saying i don't like reading, I just get more out of gaming.
So, rant being over, I would like to thank the following people: Darth Vader, for teaching us that people are not always what you expect them to be, Justin Bieber, for teaching us that we can all unite against a common enemy and lastly, Lester & Derby, for teaching us... well nothing... but at least they are funny about it.
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These thoughts have come straight from my mind, to this page so, technically, you have just read my mind. You freak!!
